unsnarling
nounUK /ʌnˈsnɑːlɪŋ/
US /ʌnˈsnɑːrlɪŋ/
The act of getting the knots out of something tangled.
Untangling the Christmas lights took an hour of careful unsnarling.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The process of resolving a complicated problem or messy situation.
The new manager's unsnarling of the scheduling mess won everyone's gratitude.
3. The act of freeing something caught or trapped in a snarl.
The unsnarling of the dog's leash from the fence took only a minute.
4. A moment or instance of becoming untangled.
With one final unsnarling, the yarn slipped free of the needle.